Vapor-burning apparatus



No. 608,051. Patented July 26, I898.

A. KITSON.

VAPOR BURNING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Aug. 21, 1897.)

(No Model.)

mvpamoa 2fWITNESSES:

ATTORNEY ARTHUR KITSON, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE KITSON HYDROOARBON HEATING AND INCANDESOENT LIGHTING COM- PANY, OF WEST VIRGINIA.

VAPOR-BU RNING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent H0. 608,051, dated July 26, 1898.

Application filed August 21, 1 8 9 '7.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR KITSON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor- Burning Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates generally to vapor: burning apparatus and is more specifically designed to produce a lamp in which the vapor of kerosene-oil or other hydrocarbons may be used in cooperation with an incandescent mantle to produce a steadyand intense light at small cost and which may be mounted on an ordinary gas-fixture, so that a gas-flame may be employed to heat the mantle and vaporizing-tube to the necessary temperature for vaporizing the oil in starting the lamp.

Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my improved apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a detailed cross-section showing the heat-reflector and its support.

Throughout the drawings like reference-fig ures refer to like parts.

1 represents the ordinary form of burner for consuming vapor mixed with air, having the wire-gauze 2 2 located therein. 3 represents the incandescent mantle, mounted over said burner and preferably supported by the hook l, depending from the vaporizing-tube 5, passing over the burner. 6 represents the ordinary glass globe of the lamp, supported on the cup 11 and supporting any suitable chimney 7.

To concentrate the heat both of radiation and convection upon the vaporizing-tube, I employ any convenient form of heat reflector I or deflector 8, which is supported by the bracket 9 or other convenient apparatus from the vaporizing-tube and has one or more out- 45 lets 10 for the upward-flowing gases of combustion.

The vaporizing-tube 5 is preferably made I U-shaped, as shown, and overarches the burner, its lower ends being supported in the cup 11 or other projection from the burner Serial No. 649,008. (No model.)

supply pipe 16 and on the other with the con- Qnecting-pipe 17 ,which discharges into the nozzle 18, controlled by any suitable form of needle-valve 1.9,as shown. This nozzle discharges into the mixing-tube 22, into which it draws air through the openings 20, controlled and graduated by the adjustable ring 21.

l mount my lamp 011 a gas-bracket by means of the tip 23, screwed thereon and having the passage-Way 2& for discharging gas up into the burner l. uated by the adjustable ring 26, admit air above said tip and produce a Bunsen-burner action. I preferably mount the lamp on the tip by means of the sleeve 28, which slips over the upper portion 27 of the gas-tip.

The operation of my invention is asfollows: The key of the gas-bracket being open to admit a supply of gas, the air-inlets 20 are closed and those 25 opened. The stream of mingled air and gas is then ignited at the burner, rapidly heats the mantle 3 to incandescence, and the heat given off by said mantle and burner heats the vaporizing-tube 5 to the temperature necessary to vaporize the oil, which is then admitted through the needlevalve from the supply-pipe 16. The vapor passes down through the connecting-pipe 17 to the nozzle 18, and byadjustment of the needle-valve l9 and the air-inlets 20 a proper mixture of vapor and air is produced in the mixing-tube 22 and driven up through the burner,

where it is ignited. After this action has been established the gas-supply is shut off,

the air-inlets 25 are closed, and the lamp continues burning vapor.

a To increase the amount of heat supplied to the vaporizing tube, the reflector and deilector 8, which is preferably made of polished metal, is mounted over the U-shaped vaporizing-tube. The hot gases are temporarily retarded and condensed about the vaporizing-tube by this deflector, and the radi- Air-inlets 25, controlled and grad ant heat is reflected upon the tube. The hot gases are allowed to escape through the opening 10 to the. chimney. For convenience this deflector is mounted on the vaporizingtube, and as said tube overarches the burner it also affords a convenient means for supporting the mantle.

In cleaning the tube the reflector and mantle are disconnected therefrom, the unions 12 and 14 unscrewed, the U-shaped tube lifted from its supports, and a swab mounted on a flexible Wire is forced down either leg of the tube and around the curved portion thereof until all the impurities therein are removed.

Various changes could be made in the details of construction of the apparatus illustrated Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention so long as the relative arrangement and operation of the parts are preserved. The U -shaped tube might be located inside of the incandescent mantle instead of outside of the same, but such construction I have described and claimed in my application, Serial No. 649,009, filed of even date herewith.

The broad feature of the combination of the vapor-burner and incandescent mantle therefor-a vaporizing-tube with proper connections to the burner and located within the heating zone of the burner-flame either above or extending alongside of the incandescent mantlel do not claim herein, as the same is shown, described, and claimed in my pending application, Serial No. 663,495, filed December 2'7, 1897.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vapor-burning apparatus for attachment to a gas-bracket, the combination of the vapor-burner, the vaporizing-tube and connections, the gas-tip having a passageway admitting gas beneath said burner, and the surrounding tube having air-inlets admitting air to mix with said gas, substantially as described. g

2. A vapor-burning attachment for gasfixtures, consisting of the combination of a vaporizing-tube supported over said fixture, a mixing-tube extending from a point in front of the end of the vaporizing-tube to the burner, the burner mounted on the gasfixture, and a passage-way discharging gas into said burner, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the Vapor-burner, the gas-bracket on which it is supported, and with which it is in communication, the vaporizingtube, the short mixing-tube connected to the base of the burner, the nozzle and needle-valve in said tube and connections from thevaporizing-tube to the nozzle, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the vapor-burner, the gas-bracket on which it is supported and with which it is in communication, the vaporizing-tube, the short mixing-tube con nected to the base of the burner, and having air-inlets, the nozzle and needle-valve in said tube, and connections from the vaporizingtube to the nozzle, together with adjustable means for controlling the air-inlets to said mixing-tube, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR KITSON. WVitnesses:

A. PARKER SMITH, ARTHUR O. BLATZ. 

